ABOUT

Steve Callender – Biography

Steve is president of Effective Learning for Growth, a consultancy that brings measurable business results in a variety of service areas:

Strategic Planning
Leadership Development
Sales Development
Customer Loyalty
Quality Initiatives
Cycle Time Reduction
Management Development
Time Strategies
Coaching

Effective Learning for Growth is affiliated with Resource Associates Corporation and Total Quality Institute of PA, which supply materials, customizations, and learning from a network of over 500 other consultancies nationally.

Steve brings over 30 years of business experience in creating, delivering, and measuring learning. He earned his B.A. at Davidson College in Spanish, an MS in Adult Learning from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and his Ed.D. in Adult and Continuing Education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Throughout a career that has involved helping others learn English, technologies, sales, communications, and leadership, his abiding interest and practice has been on measurability – making sure it really works, and lasts.

Steve also has business experience in internal consulting, external consulting, business development, and management. He has facilitated organizational restructuring and mediated conflicts. He has advised insurance, retail, pharmaceutical, transportation, defense, government, and manufacturing clients on a variety of issues, from team effectiveness through leadership development through strategic planning initiatives. He managed line departments with full planning, budgeting, staffing, and operational responsibilities, and managed a two-year training design and delivery project with a peak staffing of over 20 designers and trainers.

Steve rejoined academia in 2004 as Adjunct Faculty at Capella University’s graduate School of Business and Technology, where he has taught:

Strategy
Leadership (several courses)
Leading & Building Teams
Organizational Structure & Design
Organizational Behavior
Business Ethics & Social Responsibility

Steve recently joined Rotary International, and is currently a member of two Chambers of Commerce (Twin West and Minneapolis Regional). He has had lay leadership roles in various Episcopal churches, primarily in education, fundraising, and change management.